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Maria End of Year Quiz!

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  • What's the mistake? 'I went to home straight after work.'
    I went home straight after work.
  • I'm r______ o______ m_____ f______ at the moment. (to be extremely busy; to have too many things to do)
    rushed off my feet
  • He is home by six every day, regular as c______.
    clockwork
  • Tell me five expressions with 'time'.
    have the time of your life, spend time, make up for lost time, waste time....
  • His legal team, clearly p_____ f____ t_____, sought to have the case heard a month later.
    playing for time
  • How do you say 'merecer/valer la pena' in English?
    be worth it
  • I'm afraid the matter is now out of my h_____. (no longer my responsibility)
    hands
  • It’s b______ m_____ why she wants to marry Jeff. (be impossible for somebody to imagine, understand or do)
    beyond me
  • He forgot the p_______ and the joke fell flat. (the last few words of a joke that make it funny)
    punchline
  • What's this?
    It's a clothes horse.
  • It’s a h________ having to travel with so many bags. (a situation that is annoying because it involves doing something difficult or complicated that needs a lot of effort)
    hassle (bother)
  • Reformulate: 'In the middle of August start the matches.'
    The matches (fixtures) start in the middle of August.
  • How do you pronounc these words? selfies pricey nature & nurture cushion probiotics product experience
    Good enough? :)
  • I work s_____ s_____ in a busy restaurant.(two separate periods of time that you spend working in a single day, with several hours between them)
    split shifts
  • When was the last time you were held up?
    Good enough? ;)
  • How busy are you at work at the moment?
    Good enough? :)
  • Reformulate: 'Can I book a table for tonight? We are five of us.'
    There are / will be five of us. Can I book a table for five, please?
  • a man who is good at doing practical jobs inside and outside the house, either as a hobby or as a job
    a handyman
  • Tell me about the last thing you made yourself to eat e.g. how you made it, main ingredients..
    Good enough? :)
  • I have a lot on my p_____ at the moment (I have a lot of work or problems to deal with)
    plate
  • I’m s______ u_____ at work. (have more things, especially work, than you feel able to deal with)
    snowed under
  • Invent a sentence with the adjective 'sluggish'.
    e.g. He felt very heavy and sluggish after the large meal.
  • What's this?
    bicarbonate of soda
  • His eyes are bigger than......(He's greedy and it taking more food than he can eat)
    his stomach
  • G______ the pie with beaten egg. (cover something to give it a shiny surface)
    glaze
  • He's 'very' rich. (a word beginning with f or s)
    filthy or stinking
  • Some of these files seem to be o____ of p____. (not in the correct place)
    out of place
  • What are these?
    pine nuts
  • How do you pronounce these two words? recipe & reciept
    re-ci-pe & re-ceipt
  • A bottle of wine had l_______ Harry's t_______. (to make somebody talk more freely than usual)
    loosened Harry's tongue
  • How do you say and pronounce this word?
    sew (so)
  • Are most families b______ o_____ now than before the pandemic? Or are they w____ o____?
    better off / worse off
  • What's his job?
    He's a security guard.
  • How do you say 'Erase una vez...' in English?
    Once upon a time.....
  • The heat was becoming u_________. (insoportable)
    unbearable
  • What's this?
    rocket
  • He was in a f______ mood. (a very bad)
    filthy
  • The tomatoes at the bottom of the bag had been s________.
    squashed
  • What other ways are there to say 'I'll pay for this food/these drinks'?
    It's my treat. I've got this. This is my treat. It's on me. It's my round.
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